Angular Ui-Router | Accesing a scope variable in a view from controller, but not working

Question

I have this plunkr. I define two controllers: mainController and itemsController. I want to access to the scope variable items from a view, but I can't.

To reproduce, you need to click first in the button Populate Items, (the array item is populated from a service) and you see in the console the values. Then click in the button Say Hello ! and then you will see that items is empty; but, the variable tab is being accessed.

I think that I'm not applying in the correct way the definitions of the controllers.

Answer 1

There is updated and working plunker

What we need, is the data sharing:

How do I share $scope data between states in angularjs ui-router?

so instead of this

  app.controller("itemsController", 
   function($rootScope, $scope, $state, $stateParams, Data) {
    $scope.items = []; // local reference, not shared

    $scope.getFromJson = function() {
      Data.get().then(function handleResolve(resp) {
        $scope.items = resp;
        console.log($scope.items);
      });
    };
  })

we will fill the shared reference $scope.Model.items = resp;

  app.controller("itemsController", 
   function($rootScope, $scope, $state, $stateParams, Data) {

    $scope.getFromJson = function() {
      Data.get().then(function handleResolve(resp) {
        $scope.Model.items = resp;
        console.log($scope.Model.items);
      });
    };
  })

which will be hooked on the super root home. So, instead of this:

$stateProvider
  .state("home", {
    abtract: true,
    url: "/home",
    resolve: {
      $title: function() {
        return 'Tab1';
      }
    },
    views: {
      "viewA": {
        templateUrl: "home.html"
      }
    }
  });

we will have that:

  .state("home", {
    abtract: true,
    url: "/home",
    resolve: {
      $title: function() {
        return 'Tab1';
      }
    },
    views: {
      "viewA": {
        templateUrl: "home.html",
        // HERE we do the magic
        // this is a super parent view
        // at which $scope we will have shared reference Model
        controller: function($scope){
          $scope.Model = {}
        }
      }
    }
  });

check it in action here